Leadership: Future Leaders Group

Jerry is an Associate in Project Management/Business Operations at Digitas, assisting in the execution of a wide variety of digital marketing campaigns by managing a large cross-function team. Jerry originally joined Digitas in 2010 as an Analyst in Strategy & Analytics, before he found his true calling in Project Management. Prior to joining Digitas, Jerry received a BSBA in Marketing with a Minor in Psychology from Suffolk University. In his spare time Jerry likes to play sports, go to live concerts, and spend time with friends and family.

Rebecca Corliss leads the social media, blogging, SEO, and content teams at HubSpot, an all-in-one inbound marketingsoftware company in Cambridge, MA. At HubSpot, she specializes in b2b inbound marketing and generates over 50,000 organic sales leads/month. Rebecca is the architect of HubSpot's Inbound Marketing University, a free internet marketing training program that has certified over 4,500 marketers globally. She is also well known for her "one-hit-wonder" and award-winning music video, “You Oughta Know Inbound Marketing” among many others.

In her free time, she sings a cappella and writes music. Follow her on Twitter as @repcor.

Dan Dietz is the founder and CEO of Olejo.com an online retailer of specialty bedding and furniture. Started in his dorm room at Northeastern University in 2008, Olejo.com has grown into a leader in the marketing and selling of specialty bedding online. Olejo now sells over 200 brands of products, carries over 80,000 items for purchase, and ships to the US and Canada for free.

Ryan Durkin is VP Operations of Dailybreak, Inc. Dailybreak is the digital launchpad for products, campaigns and contests, tailored to drive rapid participation at scale. Dailybreak's innovative content advertising units, called Challenges, are consumer-initiated experiences that incent people to engage with and share a brand's message. With a network of more than 25 million consumers, Dailybreak provides unique advertising solutions with highly relevant targeting, engaging content and guaranteed results to some of the world's leading brands including McDonald's, Anheuser-Busch, Dunkin' Donuts, Microsoft and Chevrolet. Dailybreak is based in Boston, MA and is backed by Highland Capital, Charles River Ventures and GSV Capital. 

Ryan also is Executive Director of the Massachusetts Soldiers Legacy Fund (MSLF). The Fund was founded in 2004 to provide educational assistance grants to the children of Massachusetts Servicemembers who were killed while deployed on Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. It has raised over $4.0 Million in contributions and pledges, and supports 75 children throughout the state of Massachusetts, giving each of them $40,000 for the collegiate education. As the brother of a United States Marine, Ryan is extremely proud to be working with this organization.

A summa cum laude graduate of UMass Amherst, Ryan still enjoys running with his former UMass track and field teammates, riding his motorcycle, playing piano, and working with young people to help them become more productive and happy.

Tess Gallagher is the Marketing Director at Smart Lunches, a Boston-based startup that serves children nutritious and delicious school lunches while taking the chaos out of parents' morning routines by offering an easy to use ecommerce solution. She is excited to be tackling all areas of marketing from website enhancements and customer care to brand strategy and partnerships. Prior, Tess was a Marketing Manager at Shoebuy.com, Inc.  One of her responsibilities was leading a team of ten to execute weekly flash sales on Shoebuy Private Events. Some of Tess's other work included website optimizations and social media programs that contributed to Shoebuy winning eTail's Best-In-Class Social Media award in 2011.

Tess graduated manga cum laude from Siena College in 2009 with a B.A. in English with a minor in Multimedia. In her free time, she enjoys running, playing the double bass and painting.

Marissa O'Leary is a Account Executive with Google's Retail team. Marissa partners closely with major Google Retail advertising clients, through direct and agent channels, to develop digital solutions that help their businesses grow.  Working primarily with apparel & luxury goods retailers, Marissa builds strategies for these clients across all Google advertising products, including search (AdWords), display, video (YouTube), & mobile (AdMob). 

Marissa started at Google over 4 years ago. Before making the jump to the Retail space she spent time managing large financial services and small business accounts. Marissa helped lead the Boston Google Analytics support team for over 2 years and has deep experience in web analytics.  She loves the digital advertising industry and is always excited to help her clients embrace Google's latest advertising products & technologies.

Marissa has a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University. During her time at Tufts she gained experience in marketing & advertising working at Harvard Business School, Arnold Worldwide, the Cannes International Film Festival, & Fidelity. 

Paul is the Director of Marketing for Joss & Main, where he and his team focus on new member acquisition, member engagement, product development, and pricing analytics. Prior to his current role, Paul spent five years at Joss & Main's parent company, Wayfair, the world's largest pure play e-commerce company for home furnishings and decor. While at Wayfair, he helped to develop core business units in analytics, digital advertising, and customer segmentation. 

Paul holds a B.A. in Economics from Boston University.  You can find him on twitter: @3PBT.